The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, para. 43
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22. Also strongly condemns the damage and destruction of the cultural heritage of the Syrian Arab Republic, in particular the destruction of the cultural heritage in Palmyra and Aleppo, and the organized looting and trafficking of Syrian cultural property, as outlined by the Security Council in its resolution 2199 (2015) of 12 February 2015, affirms that attacks intentionally directed against historic monuments may amount to war crimes, and underlines the need to bring the perpetrators of such crimes to justice;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
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Topic(s)
Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
All
Year
2018
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
The human rights situation in the Syrian Arab Republic, Human Rights Council Resolution, 2018.